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Carlos Gomez became the 5th Brewer ever to get hit by 19 pitches in a season last night when he was hit by Aroldis Chapman. That leaves Gomez one plunk behind Jon Jay for the 2014 most plunkable player award – so the Brewers may have lost the division to the Cardinals already, but the plunk race is still in play. Gomez joins Fernando Vina, Geoff Jenkins, Prince Fielder and Rickie Weeks among the Brewers who have assembled 19 plunk seasons (though weeks did it twice).

32 hbp – Jim Acker, born 09/24/1958, 928th all time, played from 1983 to 1992
10 hbp – Scott Carroll, born 09/24/1984, 2633rd all time, played from 2014 to 2014
9 hbp – Nate Cornejo, born 09/24/1979, 2788th all time, played from 2001 to 2004
9 hbp – Jeff Karstens, born 09/24/1982, 2788th all time, played from 2006 to 2012
9 hbp – Paul Spoljaric, born 09/24/1970, 2788th all time, played from 1994 to 2000

87 hbp – Rafael Palmeiro, born 09/24/1964, 128th all time, played from 1986 to 2005
78 hbp – Kevin Millar, born 09/24/1971, 169th all time, played from 1998 to 2009
42 hbp – Bernard Gilkey, born 09/24/1966, 591st all time, played from 1990 to 2001
38 hbp – Hubie Brooks, born 09/24/1956, 700th all time, played from 1980 to 1994
31 hbp – Ben Broussard, born 09/24/1976, 947th all time, played from 2002 to 2008

active leader: 23 hbp – John McDonald, born 09/24/1974, 1312nd all time, played from 1999 to 2014

49 hbp – Pete Harnisch, born 09/23/1966, 474th all time, played from 1988 to 2001
35 hbp – Dennis Lamp, born 09/23/1952, 802nd all time, played from 1977 to 1992
23 hbp – Joba Chamberlain, born 09/23/1985, 1370th all time, played from 2007 to 2014
23 hbp – George Murray, born 09/23/1898, 1370th all time, played from 1922 to 1933
22 hbp – Chris Volstad, born 09/23/1986, 1443rd all time, played from 2008 to 2013

67 hbp – Jeff Cirillo, born 09/23/1969, 237th all time, played from 1994 to 2007
28 hbp – Heinie Wagner, born 09/23/1880, 1076th all time, played from 1902 to 1918
25 hbp – Jim Morrison, born 09/23/1952, 1209th all time, played from 1977 to 1988
19 hbp – Matt Kemp, born 09/23/1984, 1591st all time, played from 2006 to 2014
18 hbp – Johnny Mokan, born 09/23/1895, 1655th all time, played from 1921 to 1927

121 hbp – Hooks Dauss, born 09/22/1889, 49th all time, played from 1912 to 1926
57 hbp – Bob Lemon, born 09/22/1920, 340th all time, played from 1946 to 1958
50 hbp – Larry Dierker, born 09/22/1946, 457th all time, played from 1964 to 1977
22 hbp – Mark Guthrie, born 09/22/1965, 1443rd all time, played from 1989 to 2003
6 hbp – Bert Conn, born 09/22/1879, 3384th all time, played from 1898 to 1900

53 hbp – Ira Flagstead, born 09/22/1893, 377th all time, played from 1917 to 1930
53 hbp – Lou Johnson, born 09/22/1934, 377th all time, played from 1960 to 1969
45 hbp – Mike Matheny, born 09/22/1970, 519th all time, played from 1994 to 2006
25 hbp – Alexei Ramirez, born 09/22/1981, 1209th all time, played from 2008 to 2014
23 hbp – Jeffrey Leonard, born 09/22/1955, 1311st all time, played from 1977 to 1990

94 hbp – Sadie McMahon, born 09/19/1867, 104th all time, played from 1889 to 1897
61 hbp – Chris Short, born 09/19/1937, 286th all time, played from 1959 to 1973
56 hbp – Bob Turley, born 09/19/1930, 354th all time, played from 1951 to 1963
32 hbp – Jim Abbott, born 09/19/1967, 927th all time, played from 1989 to 1999
27 hbp – Scott Baker, born 09/19/1981, 1148th all time, played from 2005 to 2014

75 hbp – Yank Robinson, born 09/19/1859, 187th all time, played from 1882 to 1892
74 hbp – Nick Johnson, born 09/19/1978, 195th all time, played from 2001 to 2012
40 hbp – Joe Morgan, born 09/19/1943, 645th all time, played from 1963 to 1984
38 hbp – Stuffy McInnis, born 09/19/1890, 699th all time, played from 1909 to 1927
21 hbp – Duke Snider, born 09/19/1926, 1452nd all time, played from 1947 to 1964

active leader: 17 hbp – John Jaso, born 09/19/1983, 1726th all time, played from 2008 to 2014

If you’re not familiar with Reed Johnson’s work, he’s the 36th most plunked batter of all time. He took sole possession of that spot on the all time plunk chart getting hit by Dillon Gee. Johnson has been hit 4 times by the Mets but that was his first at Citi Field. Johnson has been plunked by 28 of 30 major league teams.

Garin Cecchini got hit for the Red Sox last night, in his 2nd major league plate appearance.